Recording device for ships&#39; telegraphs



Feb. 13, 1951 J. LAMMERS 2,541,425

RECORDING DEVICE FOR SHIPS TELEGRAPH Filed Jan. 29, 1949 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

John nn e s LAMMERS BY MWA 14mm Attorney Feb. 13, 1951 J. LAMMERS 2,541,425

RECORDING DEVICE FOR SHIPS TELEGRAPH Filed Jan. 29, 1949 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

J ohonn e s LAMMERS By WWI/k At'torney Feb. 13, 1951 LAMMERS 2,541,426

RECORDING DEVICE FOR SHIPS TELEGRAPH Filed Jan. 29, 1949 5 Sheets-Sheet I Fig.3

INVENTOR.

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J. LAMMERS RECORDING DEVICE FOR SHIP S TELEGRAPH 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 l 37 INVENTOR.

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Aflor ney Patented 13, 195i ltECORDlNG DEVICE FOR SHIPS" TELEGRAPHS Johannes Lammers, Delft, Netherlands, as'signoi to Doken Werf-Maatschappij Wilton-'Fije noord N. V., Rotterdam, Netherlands, a com-'- pany of the Netherlands Application January 29, 1949, Serial No. 73,597 In the Netherlands January 30, 1948 17 illaims.

The invention is concerned with a recording device including a recorder and a command carrier carrying signs reproduceable by the recorder and representing the commands transmitted from the bridge telegraph to the engine room for executing maneuvers, commands which are indicated on the bridge telegraph, and further representing the responses or command repeats repeated from the engine room telegraph, indicated thereon and transmitted to the bridge telegraph.

It is a primary object of the invention to derive the energy for the operation of the recording device from a source independent of the drive of the telegraphs, to utilize, however, the motion of a moved part of the telegraphs or of the transmission therebetween for controlling the operation of the recording device.

It is a further object of the invention to make possible the control of the movement of the recording device from any convenient organ of the ships telegraphs such as from the command levers or indicators of both telegraphs, or the command lever and command repeat lever of either telegraph, or any member thereof moved for transmitting the commands or indicating or showing the commands given or repeated.

A still further object of the invention is the development of a recording device with control and drive such that the operation ofthe device sets in at the moment when one or the other of the telegraphs starts its operation, and, when the setting of the telegraph has been completed and its indicator has reached the desired command position, a sign representing the command and operated under the control of the telegraph movement will be brought by a sign carrier into recording position, will be recorded and the device thereon reset into its original rest position.

A still further object of the invention is a recording device which automatically, on operation of either telegraph, records the commands and command repeats in their actual or historical order, with the exclusion of any confusion in the recording.

It is thus a further object of the invention to make the recording device as to its location independent of the bridge telegraph or the engine room telegraph so that the recording device of the invention may be installed at any convenient place on the ship, thus for instance in the map or navigation room. The device .may be assembled and mounted in a closed watertight compartment or housing, inaccessible to unauthorized persons.

The telegraphs to which the recording device of the invention is applied may be of any con- 2 ventional or convenient type. Both telegraphs, as conventional, may thus be provided each with a dial graduated so as to mark the various positions corresponding to the various commands or maneuvers, and with an indicator adapted to be shifted over and set into any of the various positions so as to indicate the respective command given or received.

The control motion for the recording device will in the embodiment as hereinafter exemplified be derived from the movements of these indicators.

In this embodiment an appropriate recorder such as a photographic camera or a printer may be used for individually recording the commands, or signs which represent the commands. The use of a photographic camera for this purpose is advantageous since a film strip cannot easily be tampered with. Several objects, instruments, or data placed into the image field of the camera may simultaneously be recorded on the film, such as a date and time keeping watch or time piece with seconds hand, so that the precise time of any recording may be taken and also its number by means of a counter, registering the number of exposures for instance. Supervision of the ships speed maneuvers will therefore be very simple since the order or sequence and the precise time of the individual maneuvers will become readable from the record or film. Additional secondary data may also be recorded, for instance the speed of the engine by placing into the image field of the camera a tachometer coupled with the engine shaft.

Preferably a small-film camera is used. Thus, when employing a 16 mm. small-film, 4000 signals and countersignals may be recorded before reloading of the camera will become necessary. With an 8 mm. small-film, this number will be doubled at equal length of the film.

The recording device of the invention, for recording in their sequence the commands or signals transmitted from the bridge telegraph and the command repeats or counter-signals trans mitted from the engine room telegraph, comprises, in addition to the recorder, a command carrier carrying signs reproduceable by the recorder and representing the commands or signals and command repeats or countersignals. A drive is provided for driving the carrier and thus bringing the signs successively into recording position,

With completion of the indicator movement,

when the indicator has reached the desired command p sition, and when the corresponding sign will have reached the recording position, the control means will actuate the recorder, and thereon reset the drive and the control means into their original rest position.

The control means include apparatus, hereinafter termed step governors, members which, coupled with the bridge telegraph and the engine room telegraph, follow the steps or the telegraph indicators. Control circuits are connected to these step governors which control the drive of the sign carrier and the mechanism for actuating the recorder. Step followers, apparatus responsive to the step controllers are connected to the control circuits and are operated under the control of the step governors. These step followers, when their respective indicator has reached the desired command position and the corresponding sign on the command or sign carrier has been brought by the drive into recording position, cause the control. means to actuate the recorder and thereon the resetting of the recorder for the next recording, and of the drive and the control means into the original rest position.

The command or sign carrier will conveniently be a rotary disc or drum carrying on its circumference the various signs which represent the various signals and counter-signals and which are to be advanced into recording position such as the image field and the focus of the camera.

In order to limit the recording or exposure to one sign at a time, a screen may be disposed in the image held and in front of the rotary sign carrier with a window of a size to permit exposure of only one sign.

The drive 01 the sign carrier is derived from a motor continuously running during the recording cycle.

In a further development of the invention, a gearing, provided between motor and sign carrier, brings the signs successively into the recording position, opposite the printing platen or into focus with the camera, and arrests them in this position transitorily during the continuous operation of the drive.

As such an intermittent motion drive, a Maltese or Geneva gearing maybe employed with a transmission ratio of the gearing in relation to the speed of the drive such that, during the operation of the drive, each sign succession is arrested for a length or" time exceeding the time necessitated by the recorder for the recording operation.

In the recording device of the invention, all commands or maneuvers will be recorded in their correct sequence. Thus, for instance, when a maneuver is transmitted from the engine room telegraph, immediately after the maneuver had been transmitted from the bridge tele raph, both, command and command repeat will be recorded in their correct order. Additionally, means may be provided to ensure that the engine maneuvers can be recorded onl after they had actually been executed.

Other objects and features of the invention will become apparent as the now following specific description proceeds in which the nature of the invention will be more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawin s which form part of this specification and which by Way of example illustrate embodiments of the invention. It will be readily understood however that the drawings are intended to be illustrative of the invention but not limitative of its scope and that the invention may be embodied in other forms without departing from the principle underlying the invention and the ambit of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is an isometric perspective of an arrangement of the sign carrier with its two step follower contact drums and its drive and with a photographic camera with shutter actuating and resetting means and film advancing means, the whole mechanism being shown diagrammatically;

Figs. 2 and 3 are the contiguous parts of the circuit diagram of the recording device, Fig. 2 showing diagrammatically the photographic camera with its relays and Fig. 3 the telegraphs, the signal carrier, the step governors and followers with their control relays and circuits;

Figs. 4 and 5 are the contiguous parts of a development of the circumference of the sign carrier;

Fig. 6 is a front View on an enlarged scale of the carrier drive with intermittent motion geare;

Fig. 7 is a detailed front view of the screen, disposed in Fig. 1 between command carrier and photographic camera, and serving as an instrument board;

Fig. 8 is a modification of the circuit diagram of Fig. .2 showing diagrammatically a printing device as a recorder.

The bridge tele raph and the engine room telegraph are both of any conventional type and therefore not shown in detail on the drawings. The bridge telegraph is generally designated by H, the engine room telegraph by l2. I3 is the dial of the bridge telegraph, hi its'command lever or indicator, i5 is a second hand indicating the commands repeated from the engine room, It is the dial of the engine room telegraph, ii the hand which shows the commands transmitted from the bridge and E8 the indicator which shows by its position on the dial the command repeats which are being transmitted to the bridge. The transmission between the telegraphs, which also may be of any conventional type is not shown in the drawings.

In order to avoid crowding of the drawings, the various command positions on the dials and on the signal carrier are represented in the drawings and in the following description by numerals, the commands transmitted from the bridge telegraph by Roman numerals I-lls. and the corresponding commands transmitted from the engine room telegraph by Arabic numerals l9.

The scheme of the signs representing the commands thus is as follows:

Engine IX Full Speed Ahead VIII.

Hall Speed Ahead glow Ahead HallSpccdAst. I Full Speed Figs. 4 and 5 show how the signs are arranged on the circumference of the command carrier, these signs being shown in Fig. 3 on the side face of the command carrier. Actually the dials of the telegraphs and the circumference of thecommand carrier will show the commands in words rather than in numerals or other symbols.

The left hand column of Fig. 4 and continued in Fig. 5 represents the commands originating from the bridge telegraph Whereas the right hand column represents the command repeats originating from the engine room telegraph. The signs on the columns are staggered so that in any position of the sign carrier only one sign is in recording position.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the recorder is a photographic camera, whereas in the embodiment of Fig. 8 the recorder is a printing device.

The signs on the command carrier are executed so as to be reproduceable by the recorder. In the case of a photographic camera the signs are photographically contrasting with the sign carrying surface, in case of a printer, they will be printing types.

In the embodiment illustrated, the control circuits will be energized by a network of direct current (i), with the supply lines 31, 38 from which the drive of the command carrier 24 is also energized. 25 is the motor driving the command carrier 24. An intermittent motion gearing is inserted between the shaft 21 of motor 25 and the shaft 26 of the command carrier 24. This gearing comprises a worm 28 and gear 29, a Maltese or Geneva gearing comprising cross 3|] and cam disc 3|, and spur gears 32, 33.

The transmission ratio of the meshing gears in relation to the motor speed is such that the Geneva drive arrests the command drum, during operation of the recording device, in recording position, image field of the camera or in front of the platen of a printer, for a length of time exceeding that necessitated for achieving the recording, such as the exposure time of the camera or the printing motion of a printer.

The control means for deriving from the movements of the telegraph indicators M and IS the control movements for the recording process will now be described.

A step governor is associated with each telegraph, each step governor including a controller set comprising a starting controller A, D, a timing controller B, E, and a recording controller C, F, respectively.

In the recordin device illustrated, where the control is operated electrically, the controllers may be arranged directly on the shafts of their appertaining telegraphs. When the control mechanism is a mechanical one the controllers may be arranged at any place of the telegraph cable, cable lengths thus being saved.

Each controller has a contact disc with contact bank (11, b1, 01, (11, e1, f1; contact segment as, b2, 02, d2, es, f2, and bridging contact lever as, b3, es, (is, es, is, each. The contact levers as, b3, 03, and

d3, es, fa, are respectively coupled with the indicators i4 and I8 with which they are associated and thus follow their movements step by step.

The contacts d1, d1, of the starting controllers A and D are narrow and are disposed as to their positions to correspond to the transitions from command position to command position on the telegraphs. Since there are nine command steps on each telegraph, the contact banks d1, (11, will contain eight contacts each. The contacts of the other banks b1, e1, and 01, f1, nine on each, are disposed so that their positions correspond to the positions of the telegraph indicators. The contacts of the banks In, or, of the timing controllers B, E are narrow, whereas the contacts of the 6. contact banks 01, ii, of the recording controllers C, F are wide enough to be'bridged by the contact levers C3, is. respectively, sliding over them.

With each of the controller sets there is associated a starting relay G, H; a timing relay K, L; and a recorder relay M, N, respectively. One terminal of the exciter coils of these relays is connected over lines 39, 40, respectively to the feed line 38 of the network. The second terminals 4|, 52 of the coils of the starting relays G, H and 43, 44 of the timing relays K, L are connected to the interconnected contacts or the contact banks a1, 01, and b1, e1, respectively, of the starting and timing controllers. Starting relays G, H each have three working contacts g1, g2, g3, and hi, 7L2, 7L3, respectively and the recorder relays each a working contact 111.1, m, and a rest contact mg, m. One contact piece each of the rest contacts mg, m, is connected over line to supply line 31 and the other contact piece over holding lines 46, 41, respectively, to one contact piece of each of the working contacts 91, hi, of the starting relays. The second contact pieces of the working contacts gr, in, are connected with the coil terminals 4|, 42, respectively. Holding circuits 3l-45m2 l6-g14|coil G- 39-48 and 3'I45-n2-4|-h14|l- 42--coil H-39-38 will thus be established when the working contacts 91, hi, close on movement of either contact lever as, d3, out of any position and at the transition to the next position, and the respective coil G or H is excited through the closing of the corresponding of the following circuits: 3'|a3az-a14|--coil G-3938 or 3'|d3--d2d142-coi1 H 4c3938 Either of the holding circuits will be kept closed until on exciting of the appertaining recorder coil M or N the respective rest contact me or its will open.

On movement of either contact lever as or do, contact g2 or 7L2 as soon as closed, will start the motor over the following circuits: 31-45- or 31-4 5m2-4'Jhz482 5 |l3-3 9-38 Simultaneously a lighting circuit branch (48- 49-lamps 5s, 5|-4|'|) will be closed for illuminating the instrument panel or screen 20--between camera 22 and command carrier 24- through the window 2| of which the sign to be recorded appears. 1

With the starting of motor 25 the sign drum 24 will be rotated and will bring sign after sign into recording position behind the window 2| where each sign, through the action of the intermittent motion gearing 38, 3|, will be arrested for a short length of time exceeding that necessitated for the recording.

If for instance motor 25 has a speed of 1500 R. P. M. and the worm gearing has a transmission ratio of 10 to 3, wheel 3! will rotate with 7.5 revolutions per second. The transmission ratio of spur gears 32 and 33 will be 18:1 (32 teeth to 144 teeth) corresponding to eighteen signs on command drum 24.

For each revolution of wheel 3| the Maltese cross 30 will be advanced one quarter of a revolution, of wheel 3|, and will rest during the remaining three quarters of a revolution. Wheel 33 and with it the command drum 24 will thus be advanced by the Maltese cross one eighteenth of its circumference or one sign and then be arrested for three quarters of a revolution or one tenth of a second, whereas the exposure time of the camera will be one twentieth of a second.

7 With other recorders, other transmission ratios will be chosen to ensure proper recording operation.

The third working contacts g3, he, respectively, connect the holding lines it, t? to the contact segments b2, 62 of the timing controllers B, E.

On movement of either telegraph indicator M or l8, levers ha and as will move over the contact banks In and er. Since the contacts of these banks correspond in their positions to the posi tions of the commands on the telegraph dials and since the contacts are narrow, at each passage of the contact lever of the timing controller over a contact-or of the appertaining telegraph indicator over a command position--a current pulse will be sent through the respective relay coil K or L. These relays are delayed action relays. When the appertaining telegraph indicator is shifted over its dial, these relays will therefore not respond and not close their Working contacts k or Z until the indicator has reached the final desired command position and rests on this position longer than the delay time of the relay, which time for instance may be three seconds. The respective relay K or L will then be kept excited as long as the holding circuit of the associated starting relay (G or H) and thus its working contact (g3 or ha) is closed.

On response of either relay K or the respective working contact k or I will connect the appeiu taining holding line 45 or l; to the contact seg-- ment 02 or f2. Contact lever 03 or is, whichever telegraph transmits signals will then bridge the appertaining contact segment ea or 2 and that contact of bank 01 or ii, respectively, which corresponds in its position to the transmitted command or command repeat. From this contact the energizing of the appertaining relay M or N is controlled through means which are hereinafter designated as step followers, since they, following the step prescribed by the telegraph indicator, follow up and, when the desired sign stops in recording position, control the recording of the sign. Ehese step followers, one for each telegraph, comprise each a contact drum 51, mounted on shaft 26 of command wheel 2s. The contact drums each are provided on their circumference with contacts on which a brush 58, 59, one for each drum, slides.

The contacts on the drums El, respectively, represent in their posi ons the various command pos tions on the telegraph d 15, or the corresponding contacts 01, ii o the recording controllers. 3 ion contact of a contact drum 56 is connected over a collector ng of the ring set and a collector brush of he set 55 with a corresponding contact or contact c1 and likewise the contacts of drum 5i over a collector ring of the ring set 6 a collector brush of the set 56 with a corresponding; contact or contact hank ii.

The brushes 523, are in t c same spatial relationship with their appert ing revolving contact drums 55, ill, the recordin position is with the revolving sign For instance, in the position shown in Fi carrier 2 may have been arrested by intermittent motion dri e ..ith the sign V, si nifying Stop, in recording position. Since in dicator' M on the bridge telegraph is in the cor responding co nan-cl posi a corresponding contact-of contact bank c1 will be under the contact' lever ca, and the corresponding contact on contact drum 5"" will be arrested under brush 58 Acircuit will thus be closed which energizes rials the recorder relay M: 3839-40-relay coil M--line tfi clcsecl rest contact 01 of blockrelay O1ine lit-brush 5t--cohtact of contact drum 55-collector ring of set 63 connected witi'i contact of the contact drun1-co1lector brush of iifi corresponcling contact of contact bank c1-contact lever cacontact segment C2-W-Ji ig contact 7c-=line -5trest contact meline 4i5--3l As soon as relay coil M is energized, it will pull its armature 86 into the coil. Lever 82 pivotally connected. with armature 39 will tilt about its pivot 84 and thus tilt lever 83 and push rod 90 to the right. This will cause actuation of the shutter releaser 92'. The movement of rod 99 will operate the gear sector 93 and thus the pawl 96 to slide loosely over a ratchet tooth. Boring this movement of rod 90, lever 89 will. release lever 33 pivoted about pivot 35 and p otally connected with the armature iii of r relay N. The outward deflection of levis limited iy stops l8, l9, 'espectively. 'ough the tilting of lever 82 about pivot 84, iii, secur d on lever 32, will he tilted to the l thus close working contact m1 and immediately thereon open rest contact me of relay Closing of contact me closes a circuit iim1--i l-relay coil and thus advances the counter one count-s the recording effected.

W, the e: ire a picture of screen 29 is ken throu h the window 2i of which the sigtered is visible. In addition to the counter 97, the screen may carry a time piece ;h seconds hand indicating date and ore cise 1c of exposure The screen may lso carry tachometer 89 coupled with the engine other data to he recorded together with the signal.

Openir-r of rest contact me disconnects the i 25 from the network and de lo starting relay With. the do if the start relay G, its worl g3 opened, the motor 25 all i? drive of the sign ctoppeo i he ramps 55 are switched off, the

ay K and t eccrder relay M are deed that the command carrier drive and 3 are restored into their original rest Spring 8?, will on lever 82 into its acsi on stop it; Spring 9!" will tore witlidraw rod Bil into its rest position thus operate ratchet 94 and advance the reset the shutter releaser for the next exposure.

A blocking rel and for blocr av O with two exciter coils 01 ng recording of the connnands of the on telegraph when the commands of the other rest contact, 02 the circuit from brush 59 5 of step follower 51 over line H to line 12 and and throw-over armature, is provided and the coilof' recorder relay M; the other is connected to line I2.

over certain apparatus, to be described immediately, to line 13 and the coil of recorder relay N. Thus when one of the timing relays K or L responds on operation of the telegraph associated with it, the respective coil 01 or 02 will be energized and the rest contact, 02 or 01, within the recording circuit associated with the other telegraph, opened.

Consequently, when a command is transmitted from the bridge telegraph, once the timing relay K has responded, the circuit leading to the recorder relay N associated with the eng ne room telegraph Will remain disconnected until the recording of the bridge telegraph command had been completed, and vice versa. It is thus prevented that two commands, one given immediately after the other, might be recorded in the wrong order.

When, thereafter, the command is repeated from the engine room telegraph, the holding circuit over holding line 41 controlled by the rest contact 112 of the recorder relay N will be closed, once the indicator I8 and thus control lever 013 had been moved from one position to the next and the starting relay I-I had been energized. In this way the command repeated from the em gine room telegraph, until after completion of the recording of the bridge command, is stored. After completion of the recording of the bridge command, when contact 02 of the blocking relay has again been closed and revolving sign carrier has brought the command sign, e. g. 5, corresponding to the bridge command, into the recording position and the collector drum the corresponding contact under the brush 59, the energizing circuit for the recorder relay will be closed and thus the stored command be recorded. Circuit: (+)3'I45-n24lworking contact I of timing relay L-f2f3-f1-collector ring brush 66c01lector ring 64contact of contact drum 51-brush 59-line II-rest contact 02 of blocking relay 0-72 'I3coil of relay N- 4!I39-38().

The recorder relay N will pull lever 83, tiltable about its pivot 85, into the coil and thus push arm 89 with rod 9!} to the right and operate the photographic camera 22 as hereinbefore described in connection with the operation of the recorder relay M. I

In order to ensure that a command repeated from the engine room telegraph will not be recorded before it has actually been executed, the step governor associated with the engine room telegraph may include a maneuver checking device. The step governor, to this purpose, comprises a fourth controller, here designated as maneuver check controller, P, with contact bank 101, contact segment :22, and rotary contact lever 123, coupled with or on the shaft of the indicator I8 of the engine room telegraph.

A maneuvering controller Q is coupled with or mounted on the shaft of the maneuvering organ, hand wheel I04 of the engine. The maneuvering controller Q has a rotary contact lever qs and two contact banks qr and 2 with the contacts of both juxtaposed in pairs so as to be bridged pair by pair by the contact lever Q3. The contacts of bank (11 are connected with the contacts of the bank 191 of the maneuver check controller P and the contacts of the other bank qz are .connected with one another to a common terminal I95 to which line I3 is connected which leads to, the coil of the recorder relay N, whereas contact segment 112 In this way the connection between brush 59 of step follower drum 51 and the coil of recorder relay N is blocked until the position of contact lever up, or the position of the maneuvering organ I64 agrees with the position of contact lever pa and thus with the position of the indicator I8 of the engine room telegraph.

As long as these positions do not agree with one another, a signal lamp I06 in the engine room is lighted through a branch line leading from (-)38Ii]trest contact 8 of a relay S line 1Eover a fourth working contact hr of the starting relay H to holding line 61. As soon as the maneuvering controller Q and the maneuvering check controller P are in agreeing positions, the coil of relay S will be energized from terminal I05 and line 40. Rest contact 8 will open and thus disconnect the signal lamp I055.

In the modification of Fig. 8 in which a printing device is employed as recorder, the command carrier 26 is provided on its circumference with printing types for printing the commands and command repeats on a paper band III. H2 is an inking device, I I3 the feeding paper reel from which the bandis drawn stepwise on a receiving roller H4.

When one of the recorder relays M or N is energized, as described hereinbefore, the closing working contact H9 or I28 of this relay will connect, over line H5, the coil of relay T to line 38() the other contact piece of the relay contact H9 or I26 being connected to 3I(+) over line 45. The printing relay T will thus be energized. Its armature Hi5 will be oscillated about its pivot III against the tension of a spring I29, and the armature arm I35 will press the platen I I8 against the recording strip I I I, and the typzs III and will thus print the signal arrested in th recording or printing position. With the same movement of armature H5, its arm I2I will move the pawl I22 loosely over one tooth of the ratchet wheel I24.

When, through the opening of the respective rest contact 1112 or 122, the holding line 46 or 41 will be disconnected and the recorder relay M or N de-energized, as described hereinbefore, the coil of the printing relay T will be de-energized. Spring I29 will draw armature H6 into its rest position and at the same time the pawl I 22 will advance the ratchet wheel I24 one tooth, and thus bring the paper band into position for the next printing.

The installation as described may be employed for ships with a single propeller, with a single bridge telegraph or a pair of coupled telegraphs.

For ships with double propellers with uncoupled starboard and backboard installations, two independent recording devices may be employed, the counters for the recordings being coupled with each other, so that the recordings are counted continuously on both recording strips or films.

A single recording device may also'be employed in this case by doubling the commands on the command carrier and adding the designations SB (starboard) or BB (backboard) to each command. The number of the timing relays and starting relays will also be doubled (four of each instead of two), the recording however is made on a single recording band.

The recording device, viz. the recorder, the command carrier, its motor and drive, the step 7 followers, the various relays and their control 11 rest of the device. Through a proper observation window in the wall of the casing the instruments specially the counter may be observed. In this way the number of recordings or registrations already made on the recording strip may be controlled.

I claim:

1. In a ships telegraph installation having a bridge telegraph and an engine room telegraph associated with each other, each with a dial graduated so as to mark various positions corresponding to the various commands, and with an indicator adapted to be shifted over and set into any of said various positions so as to indicate the respective command, a recording device with a recorder and a command carrier carrying signs reproduceable by said recorder and representing the commands transmitted from said bridge telegraph and the command repeats transmitted from said engine room telegraph; driving means, separate from and independent of the shifting means of said indicators, for driving said carrier and bringing thereby said signs successively into recording position, and control means for controlling said driving means dependent upon the shifting of said indicators and adapted to start said drive on movement of either indicator of said telegraphs, and, on completion of the indicator movement and when said indicator has reached the desired command position and the corresponding sign on said carrier has been brought by said drive into recording position, to actuate said recorder, and thereon to reset said drive and said control means into their original rest position, thus recording in their order said commands and said command repeats.

2. In a ships telegraph installation having a bridge telegraph and an engine room telegraph associated with each other, each with a dial graduated so as to mark various positions corresponding to the various commands, and with an indicator adapted to be shifted over and set into any of said various positions so as to indicate the respective command, a recording device with a recorder and a command carrier carrying signs reproduceable by said recorder and representin the com mands transmitted from said bridge telegraph and the command repeats transmitted from said engine room telegraph; driving means, separate from and independent of the shifting means of said indicator, for driving said carrier and bringing thereby said signs successively into recording position, step governors coupled with said bridge telegraph and with said engine room telegraph, one each, said step governors having control circuits connected therewith and control means adapted to be operated thereby under the control of said step governors, said control means being adapted to start said driving means on movement of either of said indicators; actuating means asso ciated with said recorder and connected to said control circuits and adapted to actuate said recorder under the control of said control means; step followers connected to said control circuits and adapted to be operated thereby under the control of said step governors, and further adapted, on completion or the indicator movement, and, when said indicator has reached the desired command position and the corresponding sign on said command carrier has been brought by said drive into recording position, to cause said control means to actuate said recorder and thereon to reset said recorder in readiness for the next operation, and reset said drive and said control means into their original rest positions,

thus lecOi'ding in their order said commands and said, command repeats.

3. In a ships telegraph installation having a bridge telegraph and an engine room telegraph associated with each other, each with a dial graduated so as to mark various positions corresponding to the various commands, and with an indicator adapted to be shifted over and set into any of said various positions so as to indicate the respective command, a recording device with a recorder, a recording band being associated with said recorder, a rotary carrier carrying signs representing the commands transmitted from said bridge telegraph and the command repeats transmitted from said engine room telegraph; said recording device including, a drive, separate from and independent of the shifting means of said indicators, for rotating said car rier, an liltellifii'ttelflt motion gearing between said drive and said carrier adapted to bring said signs successively into the recording position and to arrest them therein transitorily during operation of said drive; step governors coupled with the indicator of said bridge telegraph and. said engine room telegraph each, so as to follow step by step the movements thereof; said step governors each having control circuits connected therewith and control means adapted to be operated thereby under the control of said step governors, said control means being adapted to start said driving on movement of either of said indicators; recorder actuating means and means for advancing said recording band, said advancing means associated with said recorder and adapted to be actuated by said control means; step followers connected to said control circuits and adapted to be operated thereby under the control of said step governors, and, on completion of the indicator movement and when said indicator has reached the desired command position and the corresponding sign on said rotary carrier has been brought into said recording position, to cause said control means to actuate and thereon to reset said recorder actuating means, to advance said recording band into readiness for the next recording and reset said drive and said control means into their original rest positions and thus recording in their order said commands and said command repeats.

l. In a ships telegraph installation, a recording device as set forth in claim 3 wherein said intermittent motion gearing between said rotary sign carrier and said drive includes a Geneva gearing and has a transmission ratio in relation to the speed oi said drive so as to arrest during operation of the device each sign in said recording position for the length of time exceeding the time necessitated for the actuation of said recorder.

5. In a ships telegraph installation having a bridge telegraph and an engine room telegraph associated with each other, each with a dial graduated so as to mark various positions corresponding to the various commands, and with an indicator adapted to be shifted over and set into any of said various positions so as to indicate the respective command, a recording device for recording in their order the commands transmitted from said bridge telegraph and the command repeats transmitted from said engine room telegraph; said recording device comprising a film camera, a rotary carrier carrying signs representing said commands and said command repeats, a drive, separate from and independent of the shifting means of said indicators, for rotating said carrier, an intermittent motion gearing between said drive and said carrier adapted to bring said signs successively into the image held and the focus of said camera and to arrest them therein transitorily during operation of said drive; step governors coupled with the indicator of said bridge telegraph and said engine room telegraph each, so as to follow step by step the movements thereof; said step governors each having control circuits connected therewith and control means adapted to be operated thereby under the control of said step governors, said control means being adapted to start said driving means on movement of either of said indicators, actuating means for releasing and resetting the shutter of said camera and means for advancing the film thereof, said actuating means and advancing means adapted to be actuated by said control means; step followers connected to said control circuits and adapted to be operated thereby under the control or" said step governors, and, on completion of the indicator movement and when said indicator has reached the desired command position and the corresponding sign on said rotary carrier has been brought into said image field, to cause said control means to release and thereon to reset said shutter, to advance said film into readiness for the next exposure and reset said drive and said control means into their original rest positions.

6. In a ships telegraph installation, a recording device as set forth in claim wherein a screen is disposed in said image field and in front of said having a contact disc with contact bank and a rotary contact lever adapted to slide over the rotary sign carrier, said screen having a window of a size to permit exposure of only one sign at a time when said sign is in recording position in said image field.

7. In a ships telegraph installation, a recording device as set forth in claim 5 wherein a screen is disposed in said image field and in front of said rotary sign carrier, said screen having a window of a size to permit exposure of only one sign at a time when said sign is in recording position in said image field; wherein further a tachometer coupled with the engine shaft, a time piece indicating time and date of the exposure and a counter for counting the exposures are disposed in said image field of the camera so as to be recorded by said camera together with said telegraph commands.

8. In a ships telegraph installation having a bridge telegraph and an engine room telegraph associated with each other, each with a dial graduated so as to mark various positions corresponding to the various commands, and with an indicator adapted to be shifted over and set into any of said various positions so as to indicate the respective command, a recording device for recording in their order the commands transmitted from said bridge telegraph and the command repeats transmitted from said engine room telegraph; said recording device comprising a recorder, a recording band associated with said recorder, recorder actuatin means, and band advancing means, a rotary carrier carrying signs rep-resenting said commands and said command repeats, a drive for rotating said carrier, an intermittent motion gearing between said drive and said carrier adapted to bring said signs successively into recording position, opposite said recording band, and to arrest them therein transitorily during operation of said drive; a step governor associated with each of said telegraphs, each step governor including a controller set comprising a starting controller, a timing controller, and a recording controller, each controller contacts of said contact banks and coupled with the respective indicator to follow the movement of same step by step, the contacts of said starting controllers disposed as to their positions to correspond to the transitions from command to command on said telegraphs, the contacts of the contact banks of the timing controllers and the recording controllers disposed as to their positions to correspond to the graduations of said telegraph dials; said device further including, associated with said controller sets and recorder actuating means, a starting relay, a timing relay, and a recorder relay for actuating and resetting said recording device.

9. In a ships telegraph installation, a, recording device as set forth in claim 8 wherein a blocking relay is provided with two exciter coils and a throw-over armature, one of said exciter coils being connected to and under the controlof the working contact of the timing relay of said bridge telegraph, the other of said exciter coils being connected to and under the control of the working contact of the timing relay of said engine room telegraph for blocking, when one of said telegraphs is operated, the recorder relay associated with the other of said telegraphs.

10. In a ships telegraph installation, a recording device as set forth in claim 8 wherein said step governor associated with said engine room telegraph also includes a maneuver check controller with a contact bank and a rotary contact lever coupled with the indicator of said engine room telegraph; a maneuvering controller coupled to the maneuvering organ of the engine, said maneuvering controller having a rotary contact lever and two contact banks with the contacts of both banks juxtaposed in pairs so as to be bridged pair by pair by said rotary lever, the contacts of one of said banks being connected to the contacts of the banks of said maneuver check controller and the contacts of the other of said banks being connected to a common terminal, both said maneuvering controller and said maneuver check controller being inserted by means of said terminal and the contact of said rotary contact lever of said maneuver check controller into the control circuit of the recorder relay associated with said engine room telegraph, thereby to block said con trol circuit as long as the position of said maneu vering organ does not correspond to the position of said engine room telegraph.

11. In a ships telegraph installation, a recording device as set forth in claim 8 wherein said recorder is a photographic film camera, said command carrier being disposed, with the sign in recording position, in the image field and the focus of said camera, said recording band being the film of said camera; actuating means for releasing and resetting the shutter of said camera and for advancing said film; said recorder relays having armatures associated with said shutter releasing and resetting means and film advancing means, thereby, on operation of said recorder relays, to actuate said shutter whensaid sign on said command carrier is in position in said image held, to actuate and thereon to reset said shutter actuating means and advance said film into readiness for the next exposure.

12. In a ships telegraph installation, a recording device as set forth in claim 8 wherein said recorder is a printer and said command carrier carries the signs in printing types; said printer having a paper band associated therewith and.

15 disposed in front of said command carrier in recording position, paper advancing means associated with said paper band; a printing relay being associated with said recorder relays and adapted to be controlled thereby, said printing relay having an armature carrying a printing platen adapted, when said sign on said command carrier is in recording position and said printing relay is energized under control of either recorder relay, to be pressed against said paper band and said sign in recording position; said armature further carryin a pawl, said paper advancing means including a ratchet wheel adapted to be operated by said pawl when the printing operation has been completed and said printing relay de-energized, thereby to advance said paper band for the next recording.

13. A recording device as set forth in claim 8 wherein the exciter coils of said starting, timing, and recorder relays are connected with one of their terminals to a source of electricity, the other terminals of the coils of the starting and timing relays being connected to the dial contacts of said starting controllers and timing controllers,

respectively; said starting relays each having working contacts, said recorder relays having a rest contact each, a holding line connecting across said rest contacts a source of electric current with one terminal of each or said working contacts of the starting relays, said holding line i being connected to the other terminals of the exciter coils of the starting relays for thus establishing a holding circuit for e ch of said starting relays.

14. A recording device as set forth in claim 13 wherein a supply circuit is provided for said drive, a working contact of each of said starting relays being inserted into said supply circuit and adapted to close the same whenever at the start of its movement the respective of said indicators passes from one command position to the next; third working contacts of said starting relays connecting said holding lines to the respective contact levers of said timing controllers.

15. A recording device as set forth in claim 8 wherein the exciter coils of said starting, timing, and recorder relays are connected with one of their terminals to a source of electricity, the other terminals of the coils of the starting and timing relays being connected to the dial contacts of said starting controllers and said timing controllers, respectively; said startin relays each having working contacts, said recorder relays having a rest contact each, a holding line connecting across said rest contacts a source of electric current with one terminal of each of said working contacts of the starting relays, said holding line being connected to the other terminals of the exciter coils of the starting relays i'or thus establishing a holding circuit for each of said starting relays; said timing relays being delayed action relays having a working contact connecting said holding line to the lever contact of the respective of said recording controllers when the indicator of the appertaining of said telegraphs rests in a command position for a length of time exceeding that of the delayed action timing relay.

16. A recording device as set forth in claim 8 wherein a recorder relay is associated with said recorder actuating means and said recording band advancing means and is adapted to release said actuating means and thereon to reset the same and advance said recording band into readiness for the next recording.

17. A recording device as set forth in claim 8 wherein a recorder relay is associated with said recorder actuating means and said recording band advancing means and is adapted to release said actuating means and thereon to reset the same and advance said recording band into readiness for the neXt recording and wherein two step follower contact drums are disposed on the shaft of said rotary sign carrier, one for each of said telegraphs, each of said contact drums havin contacts disposed as to their positions in correspondence with the signs on said carrier and the commands on the respective telegraph associated therewith, said contacts being connected electrically to the corresponding contacts ofrthe recording controller associated therewith, and a brush disposed in sliding contact with each of said contact drums and electrically connected to the free end of the exciter coil of the respective of said recorder relays associated therewith; thereby, when the sign, corresponding to the given command, on said carrier is in recording position, to actuate and thereon to reset said actuating means and advance said recording band into readiness for the next recording, and restore said relays and said drive into their original rest positions.

JOHANNES LAMMERS.

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